Brie Bella Announces Her Plans To Retire From In-Ring Competition

On the March 10th edition of the E! Network series Total Bellas, Brie, Nikki and the current WWE Champion Daniel Bryan gathered their family at a beach and Brie made the announcement that she is retiring from in-ring competition to focus on motherhood and added that herself and Daniel Bryan were moving back to Phoenix. This episode of the show was taped after WWE's first-ever all-women's pay-per-view 'Evolution' which was partially headlined by Nikki Bella as she challenged Ronda Rousey for the RAW Women's Championship.

Brie openly admitted during a recent episode of Total Bellas that she fell into depression after being ridiculed online for failing to properly execute moves and the incident when she knocked out Liv Morgan on a September edition RAW. Brie's last match was on the October 10th episode of RAW and she stated the following on Total Bellas about her retirement:

“So I decided after Evolution, I’m gonna be fully retired. Fully done and that Bryan and I are looking for a house in Phoenix because we’re moving back." She revealed.

Nikki Bella was taken aback by Brie's announcement and thought that retirement would be something they discussed together.

“I’m a bit shocked right now hearing Brie say that she’s going to retire and move to Phoenix." Nikki said. "Like talk about dropping two huge bombs. I guess retirement, I always thought that’d be something Brie and I would talk about together. I just did not expect this big change after such an incredible comeback."